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Wednesday 28 March 2018
New packaging tech FOPLP rising to spur demand for advanced equipment
Major IC packaging and testing players are actively developing an advanced fan-out panel level packaging (FOPLP) technology that can package chips on panels larger than 8-inch or...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Cleanroom constructor UIS lands strong orders
Taiwan-based cleanroom maker United Information Systems (UIS) has enjoyed strong orders placed by its panel and semiconductor clients since 2018, and expects its revenues this year...
Tuesday 27 March 2018
Bitmain rises as new China unicorn
China's dedicated mining ASIC supplier Bitmain has squeezed into the list of the nation's startup unicorns, and its quarter-by-quarter shipment growth of mining ASICs as well as its...
Monday 26 March 2018
Foundry capacity in Taiwan, China to remain tight throughout 2018
Taiwan and international IC designers have advanced fabrication orders with foundry houses to early 2018 to support shipments in the traditional boom season in the second half, amid...
Tuesday 20 March 2018
TSMC to enter 7nm chip shipments for new Xilinx ACAP in 2019
Xilinx has introduced a new product category called adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) - a highly integrated multi-core heterogeneous compute platform - for big data and...
Monday 19 March 2018
China wafer fabs can thrive on strong domestic demand, says Gudeng chairman
Bolstered by China's large population, solid mobile network infrastructures, and aggressive deployments in IoT and AI applications, the localization of its semiconductor industry...
Thursday 15 March 2018
TSMC seeing tight capacity for cryptocurrency mining chips
TSMC's 16nm and 12nm process production capacity has been tight in the first quarter of 2018 driven by strong demand for GPUs and ASICs for cryptocurrency mining, according to industry...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Taiwan top-3 foundries to see combined revenues rise 10% on year in 1Q18, says Digitimes Research
Combined revenues of Taiwan's top-3 foundries - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics (UMC) and Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) - are...
Wednesday 14 March 2018
IC analyzer iST sees 5G, AIoT, car electronics as major growth drivers
Taiwan-based Integrated Service Technology (iST), specialized in offering semiconductor materials analysis and IC debugging services, will see revenue growth driven by five major...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Nvidia wary of possible cryptocurrency demand drop
GPU demand from the cryptocurrency mining industry is showing signs of slowdown recently and Nvidia has started taking measures to minimize possible damage, according to some market...
Tuesday 13 March 2018
Tight supply boosting profits for wafer suppliers
Silicon wafers will continue to experience tight supply in 2018, driven by robust demand from IC foundries. Taiwan-based GlobalWafers and Formosa Sumco Technology (FST) are both among...
Friday 9 March 2018
TSMC February revenues fall to 10-month low
Consolidated revenues at pure-play foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) fell to a 10-month low of NT$64.64 billion (US$2.2 billion) in February 2018.
Thursday 8 March 2018
TSMC sales receive strong boost from Bitmain orders
In addition to orders for 7nm chips, robust orders for cryptocurrency mining ASICs from China-based Bitmain Technologies are expected to drive Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's...
Monday 5 March 2018
Intel, TSMC vying to recruit engineering talent in Taiwan
Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are in a race for seeking new engineering talent in Taiwan, with the former aiming to support the capacity expansion at...
Monday 5 March 2018
Samsung reportedly expands tie with Faraday
Samsung Electronics has enhanced its tie with Taiwan-based Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, to boost further the competitiveness of its foundry operations,...